Buckle.



W. V. HAUPT.

Patented Jan. 18, 1916.

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WILLIAM V. HAUPT, 6F SHELTONCONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO ROBERT N. BASSET'FJ COMPANY, OF SI-IELTGN, CONNEGTIGUT, A GORPGRATION O13 CONNECTICUT.

BUCKLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented J an. 18, third.

Continuation of application Serial 110.654,?86, filed October is, 1311. This application filed June 15, 1915- Serial No. 3 2,306.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that l, \VILLIAM V. Hsor'r, a citizen of the United Eitatcs, residing at Shelton, in the town of Huntington, county of Fairlield, and State of Connecticut, have invented a certain ne and useful Improvement in Buckles, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to buckles of the kind illustrated and described in my application No. 65-1,? 80, filed October l-fl,'1911, of which this application is a continuation, and its object is to provide a lever buckle having a back member which can be swaged on running webbing. l attain this object in the preferred embodiment of my invention set forth in the following description and accompanying drawing in which like reference characters rerer to corresponding parts.

in the drawings: Figure l is a front view of one form of my buckle a part of the lever and webbing being broken away; Figs. 2 a d 3, rear and longitudinal secti al views of the form shown in Fig. 1;

a side view of the buckle frame bethe par-cs are assembled, and Figs. 5

and 6, rear and longitudinal sectionalviews of a modification.

My buckle generally comprises the frame or lmck A and the lever B. The back A is suitably blanked and struck up out of a sheet metal plate to form the back proper 2 having the forwardly turned side ears 3, 3 which latter are perforated at t, The lever B is also suitably blanked and struck up out of sheet metal to form the front portion or shield 5, the web engaging or clamping edge 6 and the laterally projecting trunnions 7 7 which latter are journaled in the perforations 4-, at to; form a pivotal connection between the lever and the back. The body portion of the back is sheared transversely between the ears 3, 3, but below the pivotal connection, and is then bent forwardly forming an opening having edges 9 and 10 respectively which are preferably straight. A depression is thus formed in the rear face of the back above the opening as shown in Fig. 4. One extremity 7c of the webbing C is inserted upwardly from front to rear through the opening into the depression formed in the back. The edges 9 and 10 are then closed on the extremity is by suitable swaging tools to permanently pinch or grip the webbing between them.

The webbing G having its extremity is thus between the back and the lever B which latter may be shutdown to lock the webbing between. the edge (5 and the back 2, or to be more exact, between the edge 6 and the underlying layer of webbing passing over the front of the back 2. The buckle thus strung forms an adjustable loop in the webbing which carries a casted or any other suitable member D. It should be noticed that during the operation of closing the edges 9 and 10 on the webbing the extremity Z0 is pocketed by the depression formed in the face of the back so that'it does not interfere, with the action of the swaging tools. It should be further noticed that when the buckle is webbed the extremity 71: being s atcd in the depression is covered by the webbing which passes over it thereby eliminating the disadvantages incident to anexposed end. In this form of my invention the holding of the webbing between the edges 9 folding it around one or'more edges on the back, as for instance the edge 9 and the top edge of the back which causes a binding action to be exerted thereon, thereby relieving to a considerable extent the strain on the confined extremity. "When the back is sheared and depressed so that its body portion forms an offset tongue it is not necessary that the tongue should always project downwardly, since it may project upwardly as shown in Figs. 5 and 6, in which the back A is slit to form the tongue 12 between the edge 13 of which and the edge 1d is confined the extremity 7c of the webbing. In this modification it is apparent that the buckle may be strung invarious ways but isshown so that the webbing will being bent forwardly reinforce the back at.

the sides of the opening which latter may be and 10 is facilitated by one side of the plvotal connection which makes its edges accessible to swaging tools .tion of the swagmg when the lever is swung out of the way. The buckle maybe strung invarious Ways, the essential feature beingthat the extremity of the webbing shall not interfere with the ac- V tools when attaching the same to the buckle.

I do not claim broadly a pivoted lever buckle provided with an opening having one of its sides offset so that the opening can be closed on Webbing. It is to be understood, however, that the above disclosures embody only i the preferred forms of my invention which are susceptible to such modification as may fairly come within the scope of the appended claims.

, Having now described my invention What I claim and desire to protect by Letters Patent is l. A buckle comprising a back member made out of va sheet metal plate having its body portion sheared and depressed to form an opening, the metal along one side of said opening being offset and the sides of said plate being bent up to reinforce the metal at the sides of said opening, and a web-lockingv lever member pivotally connected to said sides and arranged to swing upwardly from in front of said opening, whereby the said plate can be engaged by swaging tools bing being passed into said depression through said opening which latter is closed on the Webbing to permanently attach the connected to said ears on one side of said opening, one extremity ofsald websame to the buckle, and the said webbing being then passed over said depression to cover said extremity and betweensaid lever and plate.

3. The combination with a running webbing, of a buckle comprising asheet metal 7 plate having its body. portion sheared and depressed to form an opening and its sides struck up to reinforce the metal at the sides of said opening, and'a web-locking lever pivotally connected to said plate on one side of said opening, the said opening being closed on said webbing to permanently attach the same to the buckle and the said webbing being then folded around one of the edges of said plate and passed between the lever and plate.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 27th day of May 1915.

' WILLIAM v. HAUPT.

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